Barbados is to host a follow-up symposium on crime with regional heads in Guyana in the coming months. It comes over a year after Trinidad and Tobago played host to a similar meeting. Ambassador to CARICOM, David Comissiong says the meeting is planned for late November. He adds that Caribbean leaders are working to address the situation.
Preparation for the world of work and the challenges of life were top of the agenda for the UWI Global Campus and the Sandals Foundation as they assembled some school seniors for a special programme. The Preparing Today for Tomorrow’s Challenges programme sponsored by the Sandals Foundation saw the children exposed to several presentations. Wendy Burke tells us more.
The Barbados Police Service’s Criminal Investigations Department (District ‘A’) arrested and formally charged a teenager for a recent murder. He is 19-year-old Shem Jarad Mullin of Denton Road, Grazettes, St Michael, who was charged with the murder of Michael Hutson on September 18, 2024. Mullin appeared before Magistrate Alison Burke of the District ‘A’ Traffic Court today, Tuesday, September 24, 2024, and has been remanded to the Barbados Prison Service (Dodds). He is scheduled to reappear on Wednesday, October 23, 2024, at the District ‘A’ Magistrate’s Court.
